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June ­Speakman

RIPEC housing analysis is an apples-to-oranges housing comparison

There’s no need to remind everyone that there remains a housing crisis in Rhode Island. Rents are too high, home prices are too high,...
Nina 
A. Kohn

Despite older politicians, many older Americans are losing ground

American political leadership skews decidedly older than the population as a whole. President Donald Trump turned 80 years old on June 14. The median...

Optimism is more than a rosy outlook

David, a second grader, stumbled while getting on the school bus and suffered a cut on his cheek. At recess he collided with another...

America’s 250th celebration is bigger than one day

As America approaches 250 years, I find myself asking a simple question: Is this milestone just about the Fourth of July?  I do not think...

Five Questions With: Joseph R. Paolino Jr.

Joseph R. Paolino Jr. is managing partner of Paolino Properties LLC, the fourth-generation Providence real estate management and development firm that was founded in...
TARTAN ARMY bagpipe players lead the way past Rhode Island Hospital as Scottish soccer supporters stop at Hasbro Children's Hospital on June 18 to make a $10,000 donation. / COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY HEALTH

Are you missing the Tartan Army – the Scotland supporters who...

Aside from the PVD Fanzone at Providence's Station Park, the most visible evidence that World Cup soccer matches have been taking place 20 miles...

Five Questions With: Robert J. D’Amico

Robert J. D’Amico joined NCU Investment Solutions as vice president and senior financial advisor earlier this month. He most recently worked as a financial...

Five Questions With: Joe Luca

Joe Luca is president of the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals Providence Chapter for 2026, while continuing to work as longtime North...
Robert Rocchio / PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Five Questions With: Robert Rocchio

Robert Rocchio | Acting director, R.I. Department of Transportation 1. You stepped into this role as Rhode Island reckons with numerous high-impact transportation challenges....
Michelle Tristani

Benchmark director receives innovation award for dementia care

MICHELLE TRISTANI, Providence resident and director of memory care training and innovation at Benchmark Senior Living LLC, was recently named a 2026 Memory Care...
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